In this vein, Rav Meir of Premishlan zy"a explains the verse (7:14): “One spoon (kaf) of (the weight of) ten of gold full of incense" by saying that the word "kaf" symbolizes "kefifa" (submission). Thus, the pasuk is saying that if a person submits himself once to Hashem and thinks thoughts of teshuva, then he becomes a golden Yid. (The word "ten" represents the letter "yud", which also indicates a "Yid".)
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